I'm in love. Also, totally into Jim Hutton from the episode of the Twilight Zone he did and all those movies he did with Paula Prentiss. Thanks for all the screen caps, now I'm going to have to check this show out!! I have wondered about that over the years.
Peter Kelley St. Thanks so much for the recommendation! Got this for Christmas and am halfway through the set. Post a Comment. This is the greatest vintage television show you've never heard of.
Ellery Queen ran for only 22 episodes from , but is one of the smartest detective shows you'll ever see. It's also great fun to watch, since the puzzles are fantastic and the characters are great. Every week there's a seemingly impossible murder, a limited number of suspects and the victim usually left a dying clue. None of this fuss with evidence, Ellery just had to figure out if all of the alibis were correct and interpret the dying clue, which was hard since no one thinks clearly when they're bleeding out quietly in the corner.
In this incarnation, Ellery Queen is a successful mystery writer, but a little absent minded. He also wears sweaters, jackets with elbow patches, Buddy Holly glasses and that funny little hat. Inspector Queen : "Almost as far fetched as one of your books Olivia : Vera Bethune had an exaggerated view of her importance to this program.
Her contract was running out and her salary demands were exorbitant. Alvin : So we were ready to do what we always do: stick the old babe in the hospital with a cold. If she plays ball, the cold gets better. If not Tough for me to single out favourites, but I do have a soft spot for "The Adventure of Col. A very thoughtful and thorough look at EQ on screen. It most definitely was a leftover Queen episode. You can feel it. Well, blow me down! You could easily match wits with Ellery Queen!
I was going to choose The Chinese Dog as a favorite but then changed my mind and thought Niven nor Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance but those do seem to be fan favorites for many, so you may just see another episode summary change soon. I was imagining the younger viewers like you!
Quite truthfully, don't you appreciate the series more today than you did then? EQ certainly gathered together the best celebrities. It's just as fun spotting the talent as it is solving the mysteries. I like how William Link thought that Murder She Wrote did better because the clues were simpler to follow. I think he underestimated Angela Lansbury's appeal. I'd tune every week for twelve years even if I didn't guess the culprit not once!
In this case, Ellery really should have went on for another season, the show had everything - a great cast, a great lead actor, wonderful setting and witty scripts. I used to make a chocolate cream pie for my kid sisters and myself every week for Ellery. As movie buffs we did appreciate the guest stars, but you are right that today it's an even bigger treat to see the assembled favourites. If the show had continued in a perfect world , I would have liked to have seen a repeat appearance for Richard Jaeckel as Nick McVey in " Blunt Instrument".
PS: Until I switched it up for a Christmas theme, my background image on facebook was a street scene from Ellery Queen. It speaks to me.
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